It was love at first sight for a black Nigerian couple as they held their newborn daughter. They were already parents to two children, yet they spent what seemed like an eternity gazing at their new baby girl with the blue eyes and golden hair.
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Being a parent is a miraculous event. But have you ever considered the possibility of a white spouse raising a black child, or the reverse?
It may be hard to wrap one’s head around from a scientific or logical perspective, but the fact that someone is actually experiencing such a thing is proof that miracles can occur at any time, in any place, to anyone. Two parents from Nigeria who were residing in London at the time saw something similar.
MIRACLE BABY
Nigerian immigrants Angela and Ben Ihegboro settled in London. They had a third child, a girl, in 2010. Yet, they were rendered speechless upon first laying eyes on her. Confessing her awe, the mother said, “She is beautiful, a miracle baby.”
Nmachi is the name they chose for their new daughter. Nmachi, their youngest kid, was born with blonde hair and blue eyes, in contrast to their other two children who looked just like their parents.
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MEDICALLY IMPOSSIBLE
As a result, the Ihegboros were at a loss to explain what had occurred. They sat there enthralled by their new bundle of joy for quite some time. A customer service representative named Ben, though, dismissed any such notions. Additionally, he said
“Of course she is mine. My wife is true to me. Even if she hadn’t been, the baby still wouldn’t look like that (sic).”
While Angela and Ben will forever think of Nmachi as their “miracle baby,” geneticists and medical professionals began searching for rational answers.
THE THREE THEORIES
Afterwards, three hypotheses were presented. The first said that Nmachi’s appearance resulted from a rare genetic mutation, and that if she were to have children in the future, those offspring would have her white skin tone.
Nmachi’s parents would always think of her as a miracle, even if her skin hue became a point of study for doctors and geneticists.
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According to the second explanation, Nmachi’s whiteness is the result of long-dormant white genes that were present in her parents’ forebears but never shown themselves until she was born.
Last but not least, albinism was proposed as the underlying cause of Nmachi’s pale complexion. Even though she wasn’t a true albino, the physicians speculated that she may have a modified form of the disorder.
That would mean her skin tone could change to a darker shade over time. Albinism, as reported by BBC, was rather widespread in Nigeria despite its ability to lie latent in the genes for several generations.
It was also hypothesized by medical professionals that the Ihegboro pair may have latent White DNA from an interracial coupling in the distant past.
SHOCKING THE WORLD
No matter what the case may be with tiny Nmachi, she has brought nothing but joy to her parents’ lives. While Ben talked, he also said:
“She doesn’t look like an albino child anyway. Not like the ones I have seen back in Nigeria or in books. She just looks like a healthy white baby.”
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Nmachi’s parents would always think of her as a miracle, even if her skin hue became a point of study for doctors and geneticists.
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